Chapter227-Night Raid
At that moment, the leading shadows halted their advance, briefly clashed with the shadows behind them, and then scattered in all directions.
The pursuing shadows relentlessly followed suit. Shortly after, a few more shadows darted out, with several others emerging from the small woods surrounding the dilapidated house to engage them.
This sequence of events happened three times in total.
Yazd, the leader responsible for protecting Henry and Gali, began to sense that something was amiss.
It was clear that the enemy intended to exhaust their protective forces before deploying a final team to strike.
Consequently, Yazd ordered that the next assassination attempt should only be repelled, not pursued.
Unexpectedly, when the fourth wave of assassination arrived, it wasn't a group of shadows that moved together.
Instead, there was just one person, holding a torch and dressed in black, slowly approaching the dilapidated house.